Fog, Frost Or Ice Preventive Patents (Class 106/13)
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Publication number: 20140037968Abstract: A coating composition including an alkali metal silicate, a wetting agent, and a hydrophilic antifog agent forms an antifog coating on a substrate. The coating may be applied to the surface of a film from an aqueous dispersion of the ingredients, followed by drying to form a composite film.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Chen Zhao, Cornell Chappell, JR.
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Patent number: 8617711Abstract: A single layer film containing at least one anionic hydrophilic group selected from a sulfonic acid group, a carboxyl group and a phosphate group, wherein an anion concentration ratio (Sa/Da) of an anion concentration at a surface (Sa) to an anion concentration at a deep part (Da) is 1.1 or more. The single layer film is a copolymer prepared by polymerizing a composition containing a compound (I) represented by the general formula (1) ([X]s[M1]l[M2]m (1)) and a compound (II) having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule at a molar ratio of 15:1 to 1:30 and having a water contact angle of 30° or less. Such a single layer film has high hydrophilicity and surface hardness and is excellent in antifogging property, antifouling property and antistatic property, thus is useful as an antifogging material, an antifouling material, an antistatic material and a multilayer body.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2006Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Koju Okazaki, Ryouichi Seki, Takazou Katou, Masatoshi Takagi
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Patent number: 8604002Abstract: The invention provides an antifreeze glycolipid compounds and composition comprising a polysaccharide moiety of Formula I: wherein D-Manp represents a D-mannopyranose moiety, D-Xylp represents a D-xylopyranose moiety, and n is about 5 to about 70; and one or more lipid moieties covalently linked to the polysaccharide moiety of Formula I or electrostatically associated with the polysaccharide moiety of Formula I. The antifreeze glycolipid compounds and compositions can be used for a variety of industrial, agricultural, medical, and cosmetic applications where recrystallization-inhibition, cyroprotection, or cryopreservation is desired. The antifreeze glycolipid compounds or compositions can be used as, for example, as cryoprotectants for tissue preservation and transplantation, improving the texture of processed frozen food and frozen meats, frostbite protection, crop protection, and green alternatives for land vehicle antifreeze and aircraft de-icing.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: University of Notre Dame Du LacInventors: Kent Walters, John G. Duman, Anthony S. Serianni
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Patent number: 8562854Abstract: A non-toxic deicing/anti-icing fluid includes at least 20% by weight of a freeze point depressant selected from short chain polyols having 3 to 5 carbon atoms. The fluid further includes at least 10% by weight of water, a thickener, a surfactant, and a pH moderator. The fluid meets the requirements of SAE/AMS 1428 or its revisions for a non-Newtonian, Type II, III, or IV aircraft deicing/anti-icing fluid.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Satya P. Chauhan, Melissa S. Roshon, William D. Samuels
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Patent number: 8557384Abstract: A coating composition comprising an alkali metal silicate, a wetting agent, and a hydrophilic antifog agent forms an antifog coating on a substrate. The coating may be applied to the surface of a film from an aqueous dispersion of the ingredients, followed by drying to form a composite film.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Chen Zhao, Cornell Chappell, Jr.
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Patent number: 8501271Abstract: An improved process of preparing an ice melter of urea coated with liquid potassium acetate with a further coating of adhered partially hydrated calcium chloride in a roll blender.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Ossian Inc.Inventor: Kenneth C. Ossian
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Patent number: 8460572Abstract: An aircraft anti-icing composition is provided comprising a freezing point depressant and a thickener comprising nanocrystalline cellulose. A thickening composition is also provided comprising nanocrystalline cellulose. Also taught is the use of nanocrystalline cellulose in the manufacture of an anti-icing composition and the use of nanocrystalline cellulose in a thickening composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Alberta Innovates-Technology FuturesInventors: Yaman Boluk, Liyan Zhao
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Patent number: 8440096Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: MLI Associates, L.L.C.Inventors: Richard Sapienza, Axel Johnson, William Ricks
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Patent number: 8440095Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting deicer composition includes an aqueous extract of corn stillage. The composition may be combined with a freezing point suppression agent to exhibit a freezing point of less than ?35° C. The composition may be applied as a deicer to corrosion-susceptible materials without substantial risk of corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Cortec CorporationInventors: Margarita Kharshan, Alla Furman, Elizabeth Austin
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Patent number: 8409465Abstract: A deicing salt composition, including: between 95 and 98 wt. % of a formate, between 1 and 3.5 wt. % of a silicate, between 0.05 and 0.5 wt. % of sodium metaaluminate, between 0.1 and 1 wt. % of sodium carbonate, and between 0.05 and 0.5 wt. % of a organophosphate containing a phosphoryl group. The formate is selected from the group consisting of sodium formate, potassium formate, or a mixture thereof. The silicate is selected from the group consisting of sodium disilicate, potassium disilicate, sodium metasilicate, potassium metasilicate, or a mixture thereof. The organophosphate containing the phosphoryl groups is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy ethyl disodium diphosphate, 2-phosphate butane-1, 2,4-tricarboxylic acid tetrasodium, ?-hydroxy-phosphorus sodium acetate, or a mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Hubei Ruifuyang Chemical Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xinchuan Cheng, Zhijun Xu, Shengli Wen, Lu Feng
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Patent number: 8394288Abstract: The invention relates to the use of solid betaine for de-icing and/or preventing slipperiness. The solid betaine comprises at least one non-betaine compound affecting water and/or moisture movement in said solid betaine. The invention further relates to a process for the manufacture of solid betaine. A suspension comprising betaine crystals is prepared from a feed liquid and the betaine crystals are separated and washed. The amount of wash liquid is adjusted in order to leave 0.5 to 10 w-% of at least one non-betaine compound in said solid betaine.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APSInventors: Juha Nurmi, Kirsti Jutila, Hannu Paananen, Kristian Eriksson
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Patent number: 8388858Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of compounds for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, which combination comprises betaine and at least one other de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to a method of de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, wherein a combination of compounds selected from the group consisting of acetates, formats, urea and combinations thereof, are applied to a slippery surface or a surface vulnerable to slipperiness. The invention further relates to the use of betaine for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, when betaine is used in combination with at least one ether de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APSInventors: Kirsti Jutila, Hannu Paananen, Ville Alatyppo, Juhani O. Kuusisto
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Patent number: 8377328Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of glycerol-containing by-products of triglyceride processing processes are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: MLI Associates, L.L.C.Inventors: Richard Sapienza, Axel Johnson, William Ricks
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Patent number: 8371164Abstract: The gauge lens with anti-fog film includes a substantially planar transparent lens substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface and a thin film possessing anti-fog properties adjacent and substantially covering the inner surface of the lens substrate to provide a low angle of contact for water and moisture. The anti-fog film is bonded to the lens substrate during the molding process that produces the lens substrate shape. The anti-fog film comprises a hydrophilic material or is coated with a hydrophilic coating. In addition to the anti-fog film, in another embodiment, the outer surface of the lens substrate has a hard coat film adjacent and substantially covering the outer surface of said lens. The materials for the lens substrate, anti-fog film, and hard coat film are selected based on the application, performance, and stability of the gauge lens in the environment that it is operated.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Flextronics Automotive Inc.Inventor: Brian Sneek
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Patent number: 8372302Abstract: Deicing compositions comprising magnesium chloride and potassium sulfate are provided. The compositions are pet friendly and have less of a detrimental impact on the environment and vegetation than prior art compositions. Methods of reducing or preventing the build-up of ice or snow on various surfaces are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: North American Salt CompanyInventors: Jerry Poe, Douglas N. Excell, Patricia Ries, Kristopher Shelite
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Patent number: 8366957Abstract: The present application relates to a deicing composition, specifically to a chlorine-free deicing composition, comprising at least two active ingredients selected from glycerol, a glycol-type compound and a salt of an organic acid. The deicing compositions of the present invention contain no chlorine-containing material, are relatively less corrosive to concrete and carbon steels, and have no toxic effect on plants. Moreover, the deicing compositions of the present invention have high deicing efficiency, which is, according to the Chinese national standard GB/T23851-2009, up to 200% of the efficiency of sodium chloride or more. In addition, the deicing compositions of the present invention maintain a long-lasting deicing effect (e.g., a deicing effect for up to 3 hours).Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Changchun GBT Bio-Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dehui Wang, Dayong Wei, Yuanyuan Lin, Peng Cui
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Patent number: 8313667Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of glycerol-containing by-products of triglyceride processing processes are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: MLI Associates, L.L.C.Inventors: Richard Sapienza, Axel Johnson, William Ricks
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Patent number: 8281657Abstract: The gauge lens with anti-fog film includes a substantially planar transparent lens substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface and a thin film possessing anti-fog properties adjacent and substantially covering the inner surface of the lens substrate to provide a low angle of contact for water and moisture. The anti-fog film is bonded to the lens substrate during the molding process that produces the lens substrate shape. The anti-fog film comprises a hydrophilic material or is coated with a hydrophilic coating. In addition to the anti-fog film, in another embodiment, the outer surface of the lens substrate has a hard coat film adjacent and substantially covering the outer surface of said lens. The materials for the lens substrate, anti-fog film, and hard coat film are selected based on the application, performance, and stability of the gauge lens in the environment that it is operated.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Flextronics Automotive Inc.Inventor: Brian Sneek
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Publication number: 20120240819Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that melanoidins, and higher molecular weight fractions of products containing melanoidins, provide significant corrosive inhibition, which render these melanoidins suitable for use as anticorrosive agents in corrosive environments. In addition to being highly anticorrosive, the melanoidins of the present invention are environmentally friendly and non-toxic, and can be found in animal food and in human foodstuffs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicants: Sear Ecological Applications Co., LLC, Sears Petroleum & Transport CorporationInventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Patent number: 8273455Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a granulate consisting of wood particles comprising 1 to 10% by weight with at least one water-soluble salt of an alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Ville de la Chaux-de-FondsInventors: Jean-Claude Turtschy, Joseph Mucaria
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Patent number: 8262927Abstract: The invention provides a process for working up glycol-containing aircraft deicers, by (1) removing the suspended impurities from the used aircraft deicer, (2) treating the product thus obtained in such a way that the thickeners present therein are no longer capable of gel formation, (3) before or after step (2) establishing a pH of >7, (4) and then fractionally distilling off the glycols.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Bernhard Kropac, Wolfgang Kerbl, Erich Gatter
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Patent number: 8262926Abstract: A method of forming a calcium chloride and aggregate composition includes providing a calcium chloride compound, adding an aggregate into the calcium chloride compound, and mixing the aggregate and calcium chloride compound to establish a mixed composition having the aggregate substantially uniformly suspended in the calcium chloride compound. The aggregate may comprise any suitable aggregate material, such as sand, salt or rock salt or the like. The aggregate may be mixed with the calcium chloride when the calcium chloride is in a paste form so as to substantially uniformly mix or blend the aggregate and calcium chloride and to substantially uniformly suspend the aggregate in the calcium chloride paste.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Inventor: Van M. Kassouni
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Patent number: 8241520Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: MLI Associates, L.L.C.Inventors: Richard Sapienza, Axel Johnson, William Ricks
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Patent number: 8231971Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-fog coating for a surface of a substrate comprising: a first polymer layer resulting from covalently bonding a polyanhydride polymer to said surface; and a second polymer layer resulting from covalently bonding a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, partially hydrolyzed polyester, polyether and cellulose derivative; said surface having nucleophilic groups. A substrate having an anti-fog coating, as well as a process for preparing said anti-fog coating to the surface of a substrate is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Université LavalInventors: Gaétan Laroche, Diego Mantovani, Pascale Chevalier
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Patent number: 8226846Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes sugars, and an inorganic freezing point depressant in the form of a chloride salt.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignees: Sears Petroleum & Transport Corporation, Sears Ecological Applications Co., LLCInventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Patent number: 8226848Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting the formation or accumulation of ice on a solid surface and for reducing the salt out temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Pablo G. Dopico, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Dennis L. Kennedy
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Patent number: 8226847Abstract: A composition for melting ice and snow includes granular particles, preferably made of urea, the particles being coated by a mixture of an antifreeze composition and a nitrate inhibitor. The antifreeze and nitrate inhibitor are provided in liquid form, and the liquid mixture is sprayed or otherwise coated onto the particles. The composition provides an improved ice-melting material while minimizing environmental damage due to leaching of nitrates into ground water reservoirs.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Inventor: Steven Greenwald
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Patent number: 8227085Abstract: To provide an anti-fogging article having excellent anti-fogging performance and further having excellent durability, and an anti-fogging agent composition. An anti-fogging article comprising a substrate and a water-absorptive crosslinked resin layer formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the water-absorptive crosslinked resin is a crosslinked resin with a saturated water absorption of at least 45 mg/cm3, or a water-absorptive crosslinked resin with a glass transition point of at least 50° C. as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter and further with a saturated water absorption of at least 45 mg/cm3.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Noriko Kishikawa, Takashige Yoneda
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Patent number: 8221644Abstract: Methods are provided which minimize loss of an anti-icing/de-icing composition from a surface. This is accomplished by adhering the anti-icing/de-icing composition to a surface using a film-forming polymeric composition. Methods are also provided for preventing snow accumulation and/or ice formation on a surface, delaying ice and/or snow formation on a surface, extending the life of an anti-icing/de-icing composition on a surface, surface anti-icing, and surface de-icing. These methods include the application of a film-forming polymeric composition and the anti-icing/de-icing composition to the surface. Desirably, the anti-icing/de-icing composition is a reagent which reduces the freezing point of water.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Miller Chemical & Fertilizer CorporationInventors: Andrew G. Smith, Charles H. Svec, Gary C. Wakefield
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Patent number: 8187489Abstract: A process and deicing composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Matthew C. Davis
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Patent number: 8182714Abstract: Solid ice melters are improved with a small exterior coating of glycerin which prevents caking and bridging and enhances melt value.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Ossian, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth C. Ossian
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Patent number: 8177996Abstract: A residential de-icing apparatus, system and method. The apparatus, system and method include a first saline solution having a salinity in a range of 150-360 ppt, a residential container having a volume in a range of 2-5 gallons, a second saline solution resident in the residential container and having a salinity in a range of 30 ppt-250 ppt, wherein the second saline solution results from a mixing of the first saline solution with a volume of water, and a hand-held output nozzle physically associated with the residential container for dispersing the second saline solution at a rate in a range of 6-12 gallons per ¼ mile.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Inventor: Thomas J McWilliams
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Publication number: 20120104305Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of glycerol-containing by-products of triglyceride processing processes are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: MLI Associates, LLCInventors: Richard Sapienza, Axel Johnson, William Ricks
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Patent number: 8158270Abstract: Under the presence of at least one out of copper, manganese, nickel, cobalt, iron, zinc, and compounds thereof, a tetravalent titanium salt solution and a basic solution are reacted together to form a hydroxide of titanium and the above metal, and then the titanium hydroxide is peroxidated with an oxidizing agent to manufacture an aqueous liquid or dispersion having therein titanium oxide fine particles having peroxy groups; by using this alone to form a coating film adjacent to a coating film of an organic dye or pigment, or using this to form a coating film together with an organic dye or pigment, a drop in decorativeness of color due to fading or discoloration of a coating material, a printed article, a building material, a fiber, an organic polymer resin product or the like can be prevented, and moreover surface anti-soiling and hydrophilic properties can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Sustainable Titania Technology IncorporatedInventors: Shiro Ogata, Yoshimitsu Matsui
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Patent number: 8137578Abstract: A deicer comprises a mixture of a deicing agent, a pre-wetting agent, and a leaching inhibitor. The leaching inhibitor results in decreased liquid migration within and out of a mass of pre-wetted deicer. The deicer can include a deicing salt such as sodium chloride, a pre-wetting agent comprised of magnesium chloride, and a leaching inhibitor such as xanthan gum. The deicer can also include a corrosion inhibitor and/or radiation absorber.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Cargill, IncorporatedInventor: Robert Scott Koctod
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Patent number: 8128835Abstract: A deicing composition is provided. The composition includes a potassium or sodium salt of a carboxylic acid and a lithium salt of a carboxylic acid or lithium nitrate, wherein the molar ratio of lithium to potassium or lithium to sodium is from 10 percent to 80 percent.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignees: FMC Corporation, Lithium Division, Clemson UniversityInventors: David B. Stokes, Daniel Person Johnston, Prasada Rao Rangaraju, Vijay C. Mehta, Claudio E. Manissero
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Publication number: 20120052251Abstract: The invention relates to a self-cleaning self-regenerating surface structure and/or a self-cleaning self-regenerating coating. For improving the cleaning function, the invention proposes a self-regenerating surface structure, especially coating, comprising biocatalytic and/or anti-icing molecules on an exposed surface of said surface structure, especially coating, and biocatalytic and/or anti-icing molecules embedded or contained in said surface structure, especially coating. Further, the invention relates to an object provided with such surface structure or coating and a method for producing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Christoph Heller, Ulrich Reidt, Alois Friedberger, Karin Bauer
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Publication number: 20120052289Abstract: A coating composition which imparts antifog properties to substrates coated therewith. The coating compositions are removable and utilize nanoparticles funtionalized with epoxy groups. The removable coating compositions are particularly useful on personal protection equipment such as face masks, shields, and protective glasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2008Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Naiyong Jing, Xue-Hua Chen, Ruo-Ni Sun, Zhigang Yu, Xiaoling Xie, Jinyu Chen
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Patent number: 8123975Abstract: Disclosed herein is a winter precipitation barrier composition, comprising: a retaining agent, a solvent, and optionally, an auxiliary component, such as a rheology/viscosity modifier, surfactant, detergent, foaming/defoaming additive, humectant, dye, colorant, fragrance, or a combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the retaining agent comprises a primarily hydrophobic monomer or a hydrophilic monomer.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Prestone Products CorporationInventors: Andrew E. Fenwick, Rebecca A. Marshall, David L. Balog
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Publication number: 20120045954Abstract: Highly durable hydrophobic, oleophobic, and anti-icing coatings and methods of their preparation and use are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: ROSS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Douglas BLEECHER, Philip Harsh, Michael Hurley, Andrew K. Jones, Russell Ross, Vinod K. Sikka, Donald Zielke
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Patent number: 8119025Abstract: An anti-icing composition is provided, which comprises methyl cellulose from about 5 to about 15% (v/v); propylene glycol from about 9 to about 11% (v/v); vegetable glycerin from about 9 to about 11% (v/v); isopropyl alcohol (90%) from about 42 to about 49% (v/v), and water from about 10% to about 35% (v/v). Methods of preparing and using the anti-icing composition are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Inventor: Martin Simpson
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Patent number: 8105430Abstract: An aircraft anti-icing composition includes a freezing point depressant and a thickener including nanocrystalline cellulose. A thickening composition also includes nanocrystalline cellulose. Also taught is the use of nanocrystalline cellulose in the manufacture of an anti-icing composition and the use of nanocrystalline cellulose in a thickening composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Alberta Research Council Inc.Inventors: Yaman Boluk, Liyan Zhao
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Publication number: 20120006222Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting the formation or accumulation of ice on a solid surface and for reducing the salt out temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLCInventors: Pablo G. Dopico, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Dennis L. Kennedy
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Patent number: 8062544Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: MLI Associates, L.L.C.Inventors: Richard Sapienza, Axel Johnson, William Ricks
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Patent number: 8057694Abstract: The present invention provides deicing compositions which are environmentally benign, a process for producing the composition from certain waste process streams, and methods of deicing and/or anti-icing.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: MLI Associates, L.L.C.Inventor: Richard Sapienza
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Publication number: 20110271869Abstract: Methods of reducing hydroxyl ions in concrete pore solutions are provided. Such methods are useful in providing resistance to gels which form in concrete due to the alkali-silica (ASR) reaction. The methods comprise adding a salt or mixture thereof to the concrete, in aqueous or solid form, the salt or salt mixture having cations higher in valence than the anions. The methods also comprise adding an acidic phosphate or a silicon-containing alkoxide to the concrete. The methods further comprise resisting and/or inhibiting ASR in airfield runway concrete pore solutions by applying a soluble salt or a mixture of soluble salts in solution or a deicing salt mixture in situ to the runway concrete. All of the above methods are useful in reducing hydroxyl ions in concrete. Such methods can be used to resist ASR in fresh concrete, in concrete that is setting, or in hardened concrete.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: 352 East Irvin Avenue Limited PartnershipInventors: Paul W. Brown, Wendy E. Brown
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Patent number: 8048332Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting the formation or accumulation of ice on a solid surface and for reducing the salt out temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Pablo G. Dopico, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Dennis L. Kennedy
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Patent number: 8038900Abstract: An improved processing of sugar beet molasses (MDS—Molasses Desugarized Solubles) with the addition of applied heat at about 140° F. to about 180° F. for a time sufficient to, along with alkali degradation, at any given concentration of MDS, show an increase in overall melt value performance when compared to non-use of the heat step.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Inventors: Kenneth C. Ossian, Kelly Behrens
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Patent number: 8029692Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of compounds for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, which combination comprises betaine and at least one other de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to a method of de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, wherein a combination of compounds selected from the group consisting of acetates, formats, urea and combinations thereof, are applied to a slippery surface or a surface vulnerable to slipperiness. The invention further relates to the use of betaine for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, when betaine is used in combination with at least one other de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2007Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Danisco US IncInventors: Kirsti Jutila, Hannu Paananen, Ville Alatyppo, Juhani O. Kuusisto
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Patent number: 7992823Abstract: A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation; and a metallic icephobic plating comprising nickel applied to at least a portion of the flowpath surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Edward Atwood Rainous, Barry Lynn Allmon, Jeffre Gerry Loewe, William Clarke Brooks, Lee Alan Blanton, Courtney James Tudor, Vicky Showalter Budinger